Miss Providence. Except for the weather.

When I was a kid the school department would take the kids that did safety patrol duty crossing kids across the street good times ⏲️

Yeah it sucks that that the company that owned stole all the money out of it bankrupted it and abandoned it kinda like kmart and sears it's funny how stealing is legal as long as you use a pen

What Cheer was an English phrase showing then natives has already had relations with earlier settlers.

Before Jews

0:45 Hardscrabble house. Wow, that's amazing what humans do to other humans.

I moved to AZ from Providence after living thirty five years there. What a great video of time gone by. Thanks!

used t9 vacation in Watch Hill back in the late 80's. Back then it was a small, quiet vacation getaway that many had no interest goibg to, because tgere were was no night life, no clubs and no high end bars. Just a peaceful local comminuty that made sure that those who received commercial licenses were very limited to small business enterprises. I had heardxand read about the hurricane that hadcwiped all but one of tye grand hotels on the beachfront. Only the Ocean House had survived, and it was in such a state of disrepair that it no longer offered any of it's previous grandeur. I read that it was compketely renovatedxand is now a 4 star hotel for the rich. Happy to hear that .

My g mother worked downtown

Proud son of Rhode Island

Well this is what happens when you have people running the show but they have there hands dipped in the candy bowl just like all the other amusement parks around new England

Saw Roy Orbison at The Palladium. 1962

Hannah Robinson Tower and Peace Dale are in South Kingstown. Misquamicut is in Westerly.

So beautiful and so sad to watch

Thank you❤ My mother 6years and grandmother lived in Providence. I don’t know how they survived. They were downtown and my mother said that suddenly all glass exploded. My grandmother had a spa, but sent my mother to Sweden from where she originated, closed down her buisness and returned. My mother had never spoken a word swedish before. I think my grandmother got PTSD, started drinking and took it out on my mother. It must have been such a terrible experience and I do not know what they went through.😢

Fix the Washington Bridge, I have to deal with every day!

I enjoyed this very much, thank you.

When my grandfather died, he left a brick house on Benefit Street. It was being used as a flop house and the family gladly took $5,000

I had a young lady invite me down there which I did. Had a great time and views (were great when you get up high). Then I met the freefall, man my neck went then, and that was it for the day for me! Still enjoyed 👍

Chowder hall was my favorite

Read that first sentence. Do you think the writer meant "before" instead of "after" ? I do 😊..

wee have been there many times

Those where the days n I took my family there we loved it .....😢

My family &I would go to Rocky Point every year,my Dad would buy us a bracelet to get on the rides and we would spend the whole day there what memories I have of that wonderful park ❤

I am providence 🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙

It's name is "The Temple To Music"

How beautiful. The architecture that we knocked down for Urban Renewal can never be replaced. No one can afford buildings like these anymore.

Ashland village

That background music is making us all cry as we remember our fun times there as kids! I go there now a couple of times a week to walk the path then sit on the bench gazing at the beautiful ocean. I'm showing this video to my grandson!

It’s true, you don’t know what you got until it’s gone

and now its one big college...

Had some wonderful times there. Sure do Miss the SHore dinners.. ❤❤❤

Excellent as usual! Love watching your videos of Rhode Islands Past!

The ride you named "Apallo" is nothing of the like. Apallo was a smaller version of the Musik Express. The ride you labled Apallo was a The Rocket ride but in the background was the "Sky Diver'. Otherwise, thank you for the reminder of what once was a thriving park. I was an employee from 1989 - 1992,

Lovely! I love all your stuff and I have a request to do one on Pawtuxet Village. I live a mile from there and it's a sweet little village! Thanks for what you do!

A number of these historic buuldings are the same today.

Beautifully done!

We would go every year , when the state works had there family outing . They were at Rocky Point 😊 My whole family would go. It was the best day , I still remember. Missing some of people today after seeing this.

Thank you so much! That was beatifully done. It is important to be able to look back and see what has vanished over time and especially in New England's most important weather event! Best,

gone....a vapor

The ride they called the Bug was a fairly rare ride. We had one outside of St.Louis at the Westlake Amusment Park in Bridgeton. It was one of my favorite rides when I was young. My grandparent home where I was living at the time was on a high and you could see the last part of the Thunderbolt Coaster and her the chugging sound the motor that drove the arms of the Tumble Bug around the circle of small hills.

Just one more thing ruined by the blacks

What a shame that it’s gone. Many childhood memories

The devestation is utterly surreal. This looks like the most devasting hurricane in U.S. history to me.

Great job. It might have been interesting to show some current-day photos from the same vantage points.

Great job.

I would have liked to see more of misquamicut. Especially the Andrea hotel, etc.

Thank you. Ha Ha, I still drink Narragansett, neighbor

You wouldn't know there was ever houses at napatree point ... cool pictures of history

The images of Watch Hill, Misquamicut and Pawtuxet are devastating. The area of Oakland Beach in Warwick was also hit hard.